PERFORMANCE OF THE MONTH

Fresh off the Super Series meet halfway across the world in Perth, Australia, Ryan Lochte competed in one race at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Orlando and came out victorious in a final filled with Olympians. His dominant performance was selected by SwimOutlet.com as the Arena Performance of the Month for February!

There was a unanimous selection for our January Arena Performance of the Month with Katie Ledecky swimming her second-fastest 400m freestyle of all-time at the newly-named Arena Pro Swim Series in Austin, Texas. To swim this time at a summer meet would be phenomenal, to do it in January at the start of the season is mind-blowing. Watch for yourself!

After a sizzling time in qualifying at the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, Katie Ledecky went all out on the attack of the 400m freestyle world record set by Federica Pellegrini five years ago. Her swim was one of the highlights of the 2014 summer season and earn her belated Arena POTM honors for September!

WOW! It doesn't get much more exciting then this. Tom Shields touches out Michael Phelps to win the 100m butterfly at the 2014 Phillips 66 Nationals. Shields' victory by one-hundredth of a second over the 18-time Olympic champion who is made his return to nationals after 2 years was as exciting as they come earning him Arena POTM honors for August.

Caitlin Leverenz needed to win her final race of the Arena Grand Prix Series in the 200m IM at Santa Clara for a chance at the $20,000 prize and a BMW for a year. She did it in such style that SwimOutlet.com selected her as their Arena Performance of the Month for July (even though the race was in June!).

Conor Dwyer put in a sensational second half of the 200m IM to clinch the Arena Grand Prix Series title on the men's side on the final day of action in Santa Clara, CA, earning him the $20,000 prize and a BMW for one year. Watch this incredible race unfold as Dwyer chases down Michael Phelps and fends of Chase Kalisz down the stretch earning him the honor of Arena Performance of the Month as selected by SwimOutlet.com for June.

One month after making his return to competitive swimming, 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps won his first race in nearly two years in the 100m butterfly at the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte, NC. The victory was unanimously selected as May's Arena Performance of the Month by SwimOutlet.com.

On April 25, 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps made his return to competitive swimming for the first time in nearly two years at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, AZ, as he went up against long-time rival Ryan Lochte in the 100m butterfly. It was the first race in Phelps’ comeback trail to Rio 2016 and the showdown with Lochte was unanimously selected as this month’s Arena Performance of the Month by SwimOutlet.com. Video Courtesy: USA Swimming